Flat-iron heater



(No Model.)

W. P. & M. A. WHITE. PLAT IRON HEATER.

No. 497,364. Patented May 16, 1893.

IATENT OFFICE.

WINSLOlV F. WHITE AND MARY A. WHITE, OF ALLEN, KANSAS.

FLAT-l RON H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 49?,364, dated May 16, 1893.

Application filed February 2 9 $erial No. 463,117. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WmsLoW F. WHITE and MARY A. WHITE, citizens of the United States, residing at Allen, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Flat-Iron Heater, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flat-iron heaters, and has for its object to furnish a cover for the fiat-iron while heating that shallretain all the heat around the iron to more rapidly heat the same, and at the same time prevent the handle thereof from becoming hot; and with this end in View, the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed. a

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved heater, showing flatirons in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the irons removed and part of the heater opened.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of the heater, that is preferably constructed of suitable thin sheet or cast metal, and has the sides thereof arranged at an outer angle of inclination to make the said body wider at the bottom than at the top of the same, and more nearly conform to the shape of the irons adapted to be placed therein. Around the bottom portion of the body is mounted a stiff Wire 2, and to the said wire is hinged one side, 3, at its bottom edge so that it can be opened downwardly forthe purpose of facilitating the mounting of the irons in the heater. The top 4 of the body is also hinged at its one edge, preferably that located the greatest distance transversely from the said hinged side 3, and by this means the said top may be raised and lowered as found desirable and necessary.

The entire body of the heater is of-elongated form and approximates a rectangle in contour, and the said top is formed with a pair of transversely-extending slots 5, that open outwardly from one edge, it being that adjacent to the hinged side 3, the said slots being spaced apart a suitable predetermined distance and extending only partially across the transverse distance of the said top. Adjacentto the slots 5 are turn-plates 6, of narrow form, that are pivoted to the said top at' the top. The front wall of each of the slots 8' is beveled toward the hinged side 3, to facilitate the mounting in connection with, or detaching from, the same of the flat-irons, whose handles are caused to engage the said slots 8, as shown in Fig. 1.

In placing the fiat-irons with detachable handles in connection with the heater, the hinged side 3 is lowered to open the front, the turn-plates having been previously thrown back or away from the slots 5. The handle supports of the flat-irons are then inserted in the slots 5 and the turn-plates are moved back to the position shown in Fig. 1, so that the slots thereof will engage the opposite por from becoming too hot. When the ordinary fiat-irons are employed in connection with the device, the top l is not raised, but the side 3 is opened or let down so that they may be inserted in position in the slots 5.

To assist in opening and closing the side 3, a finger-engaging lug 9 is formed on the upper edge thereof that stands above the surface of the top 4, when the latter is closed down, so that it may be readily engaged.

As previously stated, the body may be constructed of suitable metal, and the parts being simple in their construction and arrangement, renders the device comparativelyinex pensive in manufacture and can, consequently, be sold at a small cost price.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. It will also be understood that the number of openings in the top 4 may be increased as desired and supplied with the turnplates set forth, said construction involving merely an increase in the number of parts and supplying means for placing more than two irons in the heater. It will also be seen that the heater is bottomless, and, as before stated, when placed upon a heating surface and all parts closed, thereby forms an inclosed heating chamber.

Having described the invention, What is claimed as new is- In a flat-iron heater, the combination of a body having a front hinged side, and a hinged top provided with transversely-extendingslots opening outwardly therefrom adjacent to the said hinged side, and a pair of turn-plates pivoted at one corner of each and located adjacent to the said slots in the top and having slots opening out of one edge thereof and adapted to engage the handles of the flatirons, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aifixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

XVINSLOW F. WHITE. MARY A. WHITE.

Witnesses:

UENRIETTE SCHELLACK, LOUISE SOHELLACK. 

